I keep thinking whether we should have a vote on keeping this place going or not (not only because it costs me several 100$ a year out of my own pocket, and I don't even come here myself much anymore because life does get in the way these days).

We did have a donation deficit from 2016 (our yearly goal is 600$),we didn't quite reach the 2017 goal because of that and also not the one for 2018. As it is, we are at only 207$ for 2018, so that's close to 400$ missing from last year. Add to that the costs for 2019 of 600$ (there is still time to reach that goal until late November) -> pretty much 1000$ that I'm paying for.

We did have a donation deficit from 2016 (our yearly goal is 600$),we didn't quite reach the 2017 goal because of that and also not the one for 2018. As it is, we are at only 207$ for 2018, so that's close to 400$ missing from last year. Add to that the costs for 2019 of 600$ (there is still time to reach that goal until late November) -> pretty much 1000$ that I'm paying for.

I think there's something beautiful about this place, as a haven from the mass social media formats, where even in its quiet days, it has community charm.

That being said I can understand the challenge of rising costs. I apologize if this is ignorant to ask but are there headache-free cheaper hosting alternatives?